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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SouthFloridaGuy who wrote (35741)	5/18/2000 5:37:00 PM
From: SyncMan	Respond to of 77400

Re: CSCO's "stellar" performance is an ACCOUNTING gimmick. My only hope is that the SEC and DOJ bust them for fraud and anti-competetive behavior at the same time. I assume you are talking about the "pooling" of interests, that is suppose to happen between like-sized mergers, and instead, (for Cisco) happens when they merge with a 200 employee acquisition? Or is it something else? If it is the pooling, why would the SEC or DOJ bust them for something that they've openly admitted? I have heard that most people in the financial community think this loophole should be closed, and I assume Cisco will follow the rules when/if it is. Do you know if NT is going to use Pooling for it's purchase of Xros, or is it already illegal in Canada? And what examples of fraud or anti-competitive behavour do you mean? They certainly control a huge amount of the enterprise router space, but except for the illegal strong arm tactics of a couple of ex-Cisco employee's, I haven't heard of anything else that would be considered "fraud" or "anti-competitive". Certainly, owning such a large share of the enterprise market is somewhat self perpetuating. And I think I've read customer service has something to do with it. Where should I be looking? Thanks for the info.